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Admittedly, I am not that big of a Gopher Football fan but here is my understanding. Coyle has elevated the Football team from a 52% (Kill/Claeys era) to 59%(Fleck) winning percentage and the trend is down a bit over the last 2 years (I think). Is that respectable? From the football fans -...

I'm telling you guys - this goes above Ben. Developing and Orchestrating NIL is the key to success now and it is not a part of Ben's Job Description. Certainly a big coaching name can help but nurturing NIL falls squarely on the shoulders of Coyle. ...and we are way, way, WAY behind. People...

The NCAA is almost worthless at this point and should be broken up. The conferences need to take control back and just manage their own schools. If a group of conferences takes the next step and agrees to play by the same rules - great. At this point the only solution that I can see is for...

I guess I'm just a simple guy trying to understand how this works. Since it sounds like you are in a teaching mode - help me understand. How many more coaches will it take for Coyle to turn the BB program around? Does he need 1, 2, or even 3 more BB coaches to get it right? Can you give me a...

Were you at the summer roadshow ~3 years ago when Coyle addressed how NIL would change the AD role role? He seemed unsure on how to approach it then and it is clear he is behind and we don't have a ton of hope to catch up to the more successful schools. I am sure he is a nice guy but he is...

He oversees the program, he hired and manages the current coach (proudly btw) the trajectory of 8+ years is way down from a mediocre program back then, and we are getting outworked on the NIL side from no name schools. Football also has dipped (I would guess NIL will hit them hard also) Who...

I am just accusing him of being in over his head - we can do better. It sounds like you are accusing him of being an immoral weak man - I think you take it too far.

The problem was not that Pitino was here long before Coyle - it was that Pitino was here long after Coyle. You guys just perpetuate the problem by giving bad leaders another chance.

I blame Coyle for not building the network, donation base, and collaborating to creatively build NIL to a high level here. We could probably do better with a new coach that could better take advantage of NIL but for now I say keep Ben, fire Coyle.

My guess is that Hawkins was happy with his NIL but then heard that one of his teammates was getting a better deal so he tried to renegotiate. With a limited budget they could not do much so he reopened the bidding process in the portal.

Key word - "Oversees". Do you think Coyle will get it right on his 3rd coach or do we need to wait for the 4th? Fire Coyle!

The only way out of this is to hire a bigtime AD who can sell and manage corporate relationships within Minnesota AND to hire a coach that is a pure salesguy (ala Rick Pitino) that knows how to get the buckets of cash into the players hands. Leave the actual coaching to one of the assistants...

BJ=Coyle Coyle=BJ

One word: Coyle

No, I don't think that is what rivalries are. Wisconsin and Iowa have 100 years of games vs MN complete with obnoxious transplants living here, Governors bets with each other, stolen trophies, and general student shenanigans. Wisconsin sucks! I enjoy seeing them lost to any other team. On the...

This sounds boring at best. Manufactured drama. I say skip it.

I guess Ben and Coyle are matchers!

Not in the new paradigm. The big10 is where he played the most. Each game was like an interview with coaches and their payroll department in the stands. He probably makes the most here in the big 10

"The minute they said, 'Hello, I'm Tom Izzo,' it's: "What's my package?" he said. " ... I think what happens in the transfer portal is kids know that a coach wants you maybe because he's trying to save his job, and maybe the money will go up and all that kind of stuff. Tom Izzo Discusses how...

Is that how it came off? Did not mean it to. People here keep talking about building a foundation, doing it right, local kids, building culture in an amateur college sport. That seems pretty much meaningless at this point. This April is a free-for-all with teams paying to keep current...